Egg cup and cutter.



PATENTED JULY 24, `1906.

E. N. GAILLARD.

BGG CUP AND GUTTER.

APPLICATION FAILED DEO.2. 1905.

' Amm/v5 Ys holding alboiled, eggfin position to allowoff access. to the opened-up ew ter and thenpointed outinftvhe claims. i

- on r suitable. legs V1B and. isfprovidedwith I a; -convenienthand'legA fora carryingV the efw i cup-:about. The body: U yofthe egg-,cupi is; 4:provided at'fitsa'bottoni with 'a 4shank Cf se-*j .curedinfy a .ib oss *A2, `held centrally in the tbasegf ';-A5,' fand' the sidesof1 .the said cup-body lis spliti j flfrom-the topdownward tolwithin ashortdis "f sections: 62;.' adapted to Vvbe moved inward lorf; outward-:to properly'fitathe egg to be iheld the T,cup c all fthe, secti ons Abeingy fthusf` movconveniently g cutting oil the top portion v of" the egg bythe use of knives in a hinged cover, retaining the cut-off portion within the coverE when swinging. the` latter overqto allow free se, and readilyleceiving any drippingslfroin theegg. i n The uinvent'on..;consists of novel features j and partsvand,combinationsofthe same;` i

which will be more fully described hereinaf-Q Apractical,er'nbodirnent of lthe invention is representedpin the accompanying .dr awings, forming a partf of this specific-ation, in which; similar characters of referenceindicate'cor-f responding parts' in allgthe views. i f y. i d

Figure V1 is aside elevation of` the imp-rovee ment. Fig. 2 is 4an enlarged transverse sectionv of'fthe. same-.onfthe line.2-` 2y of Fig. l.- Fig; Suis angnverted sectional plan 'view ofi the coverotnefimprovernent, thefsection being on the line 3 3 ofLFig.,1. Fig.` 4 is ani enlarged sectional plan'view ofthe improvement on the li'nef 4.of Fig.` :1.r -Figpzis'ang' enlargedsectional side elevation of one of the splitV sectionsof the egg-cup, showing one ofl g the retainingfpins andV Fig. 6 is an enlargedv transverse section-of one of the 4adjustable,- knivesanditsbearing on the cover, the scction being ontheline- 6 of Fig. l..

The ba'seAzof the improvement is prefer-l ably in the shape of a dishrfor receiving the; eggedrippings and thesaid base A is .mount edj Y sApprlicativon December Se` ATENT om@ I the-encleption of the C?,

which isheldstationary.` The upper ends of' l the seg-tions C2 are provided outwardly- .extendingglan'es C4, .carrying lpins C?, -extevdmgfthmug angular Slots D', .formed in C? and below a ,top ring E, aving radial slots E for'the guidancegof vthe lpins 4Ci ',The re- .lationfofythe slots is shown; dotted lines in-,Figi The touring `Eis. .Secured by a Pin `@to :theA rear section C, solas to hold the top ring for moving vthe pins C5, and;y consequently the sections C2 inward or outwardfaccording to the directionin which thering Disturned.

,` f In order to enable the. 2operator. to constationary while turning the lringl) .venientlytturn theringD .eitherV to the right l or to the left, the ring is providedv on oppo- .site sides with. finger-pieces D?, and similar -nger-pieces. E? are; secured. on the top `ring E5 so. that the operator can conveniently ap- .ply foreiinger of. eachv hand gonthe iinger- .pieces :l5-gend engage thefiinger-pieces l)C y with theSlthu-mbs to press thel latterwith a -YGWto :turn'the ring D either to the right or. to thesleftgf lnorderto. securely hold eggcontained l I i in-v the `cupf.against turning, the bottom of v`the cupisfprovidedwith sharp `vpoints F, and .similarzpomts Ff aresecured inthe sides of vthe sections()2 and-C3, as-plainly yshown in liligs. '2;and.5. i'` l j ,-f,

The cover Gfor the cup C is provided with a base-:ring G', connected by a hinge H- with the ,rear section. G3; ls o as to allow of convengientlyfgswingingthe cover Gfrom a closed f v-into ano lenivposition, as indicatedin dotted lines inz; ig.\1,.theit op of the cover G then |restingon aneXtension-.arm I,secured to the base Ak and provided with.l va .foot I. The body of the cover G is preferably split'to forni vsections G2, the splits lextending from the ibasering Gr to within a distance of the top or knobGrSfor thecover G. g The-base ends of the sections G2 are provided with outwardly-ex IOO anular bearing in thefrmg Gf; so asV to allow the cover G to turn in its base-ringGf. `The cover ,G1 cis. provided-'rat,y two op ositely -z disposed sections Gizwitli outwiar. ly-ext'endi'ng :ibyz e clamping-screws L, extending through elongatedlslotsd",forme'dvinthewtopfandlbottomi oi'the guidewaysI J.; Now-by theo era- ,.torazlooseningf the;iclampingifisclgewsiy the IIO fgkniv'esliican beaconvenientlyfmoved inwardl fr so that their inner cutting edges or points penetrate the shell of the egg near the top thereof. When this has been done, the clampin -screws L are screwed up to securely lock thenives K in the bearings J. The o erator now turns the coverGr by taking ho d of the" knob G3,^so that the knives K are carried around and in doing so com letely cut the egg-shell in a circular line. en this has been done, the operator swin s the @over G open and rearwardly into t e position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the knives K retain the cut-oit top portion of the egg, while the opened-up egg appears in the cup C to allow the user to conveniently remove the contents of the opened-up egg.

' When the cover Gis in a closed position and the egg is Within the cup C and its top portion extends into the cover G, then the top of the eg is engaged by pins O, held on the under sie oi' a rod O', mounted to slide vertically in the knob and pressed on by a spring O2. l-

The cover G is held in a closed position by a suitable fastening device P, connecting the ring G with the top ring E, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1.

The device is used as follows: When the cover is in an o en position, then a boiled egg is laced into t 1e cup C. Then the operator ta es hold of the finger-pieces D2 and E2 to turn the ring D with a vlew to move the sections C2 inwardl so as to engage the lpins F withthe sides o the e g tohold the latter securely in position in t e cup. The operator now moves the cover G into a closed position, with the knives K- in an extreme outward position, and when the fastenin device P has locked the cover G to the ring J then the operator moves the knives K mward and fastens tbe same in place in the bearings J by the clamping-screws L. During this inward movement of the knives K the same penetrate the e g-shell, and then the operator takes hold o the knob G3 and turns the cover G for the knives K to cut oit the to portion of the egg. When this has been one, the cover G is swung into an open position to carry the top portion of the egg along and to give access to the opened-up egg held in the cup C. Any drippings from the egg can readily pass down into the base A to prevent soilingv of the table-cloth or other support of the device.

Having, thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- .A

1. An egg cup and cutter comprisingy a sectional cup for receiving the egg, a ring mounted to turn upon the upper end of the sections, means whereby the turning of the ring upon the sections will open and close the same, a cover having a cover-body and a base hin ed on the cup, the cover-bod bein mounte to turn on the said base, an a knie' adjustably mounted on said cover-body and turning with the same. g g D 2. An egg cup and cutter comprlsing a sectional cup for receiving the egg,a ring mounta gaging the eglg to hold it against turning while cutting oi t e top portion.

3. An egg cup-and cutter, comprising 'a sectional cup for receiving the egg,a ring mounted to turn on the upper ends of the sections,.

means whereby the turning of the ring upon the sections will open and ,closev the same, a cover having a cover-body anda base hin ed on the cup, the cover-'body being mounte to turn on said base, a knife adjustably mounted on the said cover-bod and turning with the same, anda dished porting the sectional cup.

4. An'egg cup and cutter, comprising asectional cup for receiving the egg,a ring mounted to turn upon the upper ends of the sections, means whereby the turning of the ring upon the sections will open and close the same, a cover having a cover-body and a ase centrally sup-v base hin ed on the' cu the cover-body being mounte to turn on t e said base, a knife adjustably mounted on the said cover-body and turning with the same, a dished base centrally supporting the sectional cup, and an arm extending from the said base and forming a rest for the cover when the latter is in open position.

5. An eggcup, comprising a cup body having splits in its side to form spring-sections, pins on the upper free ends of the sections, and a turnable ring mounted to turn on the upper ends of said sections and having angular slots engaged by the said pins.

6. An eggcup, comprising a cup body having splits in its side to form spring-sections, pins on the upper free ends of the sections, a turnable ring mounted to turn on the upper ends of said sections and having angular slots engaged by the said pins, and a fixed covering-ring for the said turnable ring, arranged thereabove. f 7. An egg cup and cutter comprising a sectional cup for receiving the egg,a ring mounted to turn upon the upper ends of the sections, means whereby the turning of the ring IOO upon the sections will openand close the v ingly-mounted means in the said cover for nular bearing, acovern-body mounted to turn engaging the top of the egg. on the bearing, knives adjustably heid in the 8. An egg-cutter comprising a cup-body cover-body, and pins yieidingly mounted in having splits in its sides to form spring-seothe top thereof. r 5 5 tions, pins on the upper free ends of the see- In testimony whereof I have signed my tions5 a ring mounted to turn on the upper name to this specification in the presence of ends of said sections and having angular two subscribing Witnesses.

slots engaged by the said pins, a fixed cover- ELLA NEILSON GAILLARD. ing-ring for the said turnable ring arranged Witnesses: 1o thereabove, a cover comprising a base fixed THEO. G. HosTER,

to the covering-ring and provided with an an- EVERARD B. MARSHALL. 

